Articles by Ronald J. Sheehy
Gregory Odom Jr. represents Howard, HBCU golf at PGA Tour Wells Fargo. By Chris Bumbaca / USA Today
The Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Would Have Severe Implications for Black Americans. By Margo Snipe and Christina Carrega / Capital B
Race Inquiry Digest (May 9) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured Yet Again, A Judicial Counterrevolution Looks To Chain The Country To An Imagined Past. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
Mayor Eric Adams Is Stuck on Ideas From 1994 for Crime in 2022. By Mara Gay / NYT
“Tucker Carlson stands in nativist American tradition running from Father Coughlin to Pat Buchanan.” By Annieli / Daily Kos
A Georgia City Reckons With a New District, Led by Marjorie Taylor Greene. By Maya King / NYT
Most parents don’t disapprove of what schools are teaching, poll finds. Anya Kamenetz / NPR
Racist Minneapolis Cops Spied on Black Leaders While Ignoring White Hate Groups. By Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone
More Black people sought births outside hospitals in 2020, report finds. By Lateshia Beachum / Wash Post
A man left prison after three decades. Now, he might be sent back. By Brittany Shammas / Wash Post
Arab American Heritage Month: ‘Being counted as White doesn’t reflect our day-to-day experiences.’ By Mirna Alsharif and Brandon Tensley / CNN
Spelman College Names Dr. Helene D. Gayle President. Rebecca Kelliher / Diverse Issues In Higher Education
From the Pilgrims to QAnon: Christian nationalism is the “asteroid coming for democracy.” By Kathryn Joyce / Salon
American Muslim women are finding a unique religious space at a women-only mosque in Los Angeles. By Tazeen M. Ali / The Conversation
What Rodney King Understood About Getting Along. By Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic
Muhammad Ali: What his conviction teaches us today. By Ken Makin / CS Monitor
Here is a hard historical truth: Slavery powerfully shaped Harvard. By Lawrence S. Bacow and Tomiko Brown-Nagin. Wash Post
Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues. By Kate Clifford Larson / The Conversation
Boston breaks ground on a Martin Luther King memorial. By Tovia Smith / NPR
House unanimously passes Asian American and Pacific Islander museum bill. By Kimmy Yam / NBC News
Black Perspectives Summer Books Preview, Part II. By Robert Greene II / AAIHS
The Evolution of Tyler Perry. By Candace McDuffie / The Root
Viola Davis’ ‘Finding Me’ Reveals Fight for Success: Review. By Stephanie Zacharek / Time
How a former NBA player and activist became a far-right media darling. By David Gardner / Wash Post
Nike honors Serena Williams with building named after the tennis star. By Jaz Garner / CBS News
Dick Barnett’s efforts have helped preserve Tennessee A&I’s rich basketball history. By Jerry Bembry / Andscape
